User blog comment:Biggren/The Southern Alliance/@comment-3135907-20120309224539/@comment-3135907-20120321210434

Grizzle and Burgin, a rat and a weasel, join the first round. Rockle is a simple game, with flat rocks used juggled in a cup. Each rock has a painted black side and also a white one. The competitors then bet on how many rocks will be on, for example, the white side. Five rocks are used. Soon the first round is underway, then there is a cry as Burgin draws his dagger. "Yew cheated," he snivels. "Dirty thief, don' touch me dagger or I'll gut yer!" The thin stoat who challenged Burgin whips out his cutlass and swings it at Burgin's head. The weasel ducks easily but slips, slamming into Eelhide's table and knocking over his grog. The stoat slashes once more, and this time Burgin receives a blow to the side. Gasping, Burgin thrusts his dagger into the stoat's belly, shoving him backward into the wall. The stoat crumples to the stone floor, slain by the stab. Cosivair suddenly stands up. "I'll have no fighting in here!" he says. "Now, whoever killed him, get rid of that corpse. And let that be a lesson to you!"